Assistant Research Scientist
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA · $65k–$80k a year · Posted November 10, 2026
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About the job
The University of Iowa Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication (MATFab) Facility is an Office of the Vice President for Research core resource, offering a wide array of instrumentation to researc